Meaning of futile

fu•tile

Pronunciation: (fyt'l, fy'tīl), [key]

— adj.

incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful: Attempting to force-feed the sick horse was futile.
trifling; frivolous; unimportant.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

See also:

futile (Thesaurus)

futhark futilitarian

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